The Watchtower Society publication, "Reasoning From the Scriptures," says:

Jehovah's Witnesses: The worldwide Christian society of people who actively bear witness regarding Jehovah God and his purposes affecting mankind. They base their beliefs solely on the Bible.Reasoning From The Scriptures, 1985, 1989 Edition p. 199

Founded in the 1870's by Charles Taze Russell, associates of the Watchtower Bible
and Tract Society's were known then as Bible Students. In 1931, the Bible Students were
given the name Jehovah's Witnesses, adopted from Isaiah 43:10.

"YOU are my witnesses," is the utterance of Jehovah...Isaiah 43:10 New World Translation, 1984 edition

The Witnesses are recognized and known for their unusual beliefs they stand for, such as:

Refusing to celebrate birthdays

Refusing to celebrate any and every holiday such as Mother's Day, Father's Day, Christmas and Easter

Refusing blood transfusions

Their door-to-door preaching activities

Refusing to honor their country, the flag and national anthem or celebrate National holidays

Their adamant stand in defending what they believe to be true as interpreted by the Watchtower and Awake! Magazines

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Did you know that Watchtower calls their Witnesses Little Children?

Those expressions which made the Witness an individual before his recruitment into
the Watchtower are gone and replaced with child-like dependency – a little child who will be dependent on the Watchtower organization as his parent. Through the process of time, his life will be re-defined. See The Watchtower – February 1, 1961 pp. 80-81

The danger of dependency in an unhealthy spiritual, emotional and physical
environment opens the door to control and abuse. The individual's entire sense of what
reality is will be re-defined by what he feels and needs: acceptance and fulfillment.
In the case of the Watchtower organization, Jehovah's Witnesses need their Father and Mother for validation, how and what to think, emotionally feel and behave because their sense of reality has changed. Is it really safe to entrust emotional, physical and spiritual health to an organization who keeps the identity of the Watchtower writers from the public eye who claims to be the Witnesses' Mother?

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Did you know the Watchtower uses threats to keep their Witnesses
in the Watchtower Organization?

Did you know there are four key components to Mind Control (Thought Reform?)

Control of Behavior: Because the individual Witness believes who the Watchtower Society is said to represent, he is strongly urged to never question, dispute or believe anything contrary to what the Watchtower Society teaches. There is no room for disagreement. See Watchtower – February 1, 1952 pp. 79-80

Control of Thought: In his eyes, the organization is perfect; and if any problem were to arise, he would assume responsibility for any imperfection. This is a critical place to be in emotionally. This may force the Witness deeper into the organization's control by self-imposed guilt. He feels he must think and work harder to please God through the Watchtower organization. He will accept blame for the organization to protect its purity and integrity as he sees it.

Such emotional control as the Watchtower would have its Witnesses to grow
hardens the hearts and minds of those who have dedicated themselves to the Watchtower organization. Their minds are geared to reject outside influence by their commitment to Watchtower authority. In time, the Witnesses view of life and their world is through the lenses of Watchtower interpretation and not their own.

Control Of Emotion: There are two forms of control the Watchtower will use to keep their Witnesses in line: guilt and fear. If the Watchtower is successful in creating guilt and fear in the hearts of their Witnesses, they will be able to better manage emotional control.

be reminded of the penalties for keeping in contact with
ex-Witnesses defined as apostates

be reminded of the coming of Armageddon. It's safer in the Watchtower organization

Control of Information: Information is the key to understanding the world unless the individual is shielded from the world around him. The control of information, (or lack thereof) is the final tool which serves to isolate and shield the Witnesses from the outside world. This is the tool used to drive the Witness to conformity.

the second, who he has become in his allegiance to the Watchtower organization:
one of Jehovah's Witnesses – an identity totally apart from who he was before his recruitment into the Watchtower organization

The individual who the Witness was before will soon be replaced with what the
Watchtower Society will conform him to be: one of Jehovah's Witnesses; not as an
individual free to express his individuality, but as one of the Witnesses of Jehovah – a member of controlled thought void of personal expression.

Once his image changes from who he was before his behavior will change toward
those who are not part of what he has pledged himself to – regardless of who they are.
These radical changes will soon be reflected in his thoughts and emotions as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Once his thoughts can be controlled by the Watchtower Society his obedience, behavior and feelings will shortly follow.

With this in mind, now the Christian has a much better understanding who the Witnesses are and will need to have a different approach in his witnessing strategy instead of arguing scripture.

The book Winning The Witnesses, (Chick Publications) details effective witnessing strategies in helping the Christian overcome these strongholds holding the Jehovah's Witnesses captive.